Tag: Joan Collins
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LUCY & GRACE
Lucy & Ricky & Will & Grace & Fred & Ethel & Jack & Karen [Note: This blog was written before the airing of “We Love Lucy” (S11;E16) on April 9, 2020.] There’s no denying that the fabulous foursome of “Will & Grace” was inspired by the antics of the gang of the original fabulous four of…
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RIP Diahann Carroll
1935-2019 Diahann Carroll and Lucille Ball never acted together, but they were both groundbreaking television personalities with network shows (”Here’s Lucy” and “Julia”) airing in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Both of their TV characters were widows who defied convention. They did appear together on the small screen several times. First, on “Dean Martin’s 1968 Christmas…
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LUCY MAKES A HIT WITH JOHN RITTER
S1;E2 ~ September 27, 1986 [Photo © Getty Images] Directed by Peter Baldwin ~ Written by Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn Davis Synopsis John Ritter wanders into the Hardware Store to buy doorknobs and ends up with multiple injuries, thanks to a star-struck Lucy. She brings the star home to rest and then escorts him…